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Postage Stamp Overprint Issue Occasion: summary of the different postage stamp overprint occasion reasons

Increase In Sales Postage Stamp Over-print: postage stamp overprinted to increase in sales

Exhaustion Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp with seldom needed face value overprinted for exhaustion with often needed face value

Office Abroad Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted for the use in an office abroad

Occupation Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted after a military occupation

Validation Extension Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted to extend the validation (e.g. Ottoman Empire 1915 - 1916)

Category Change Postage Stamp Over-print: postage stamp overprinted to change the stamp category (e.g. definitive postage stamp -> official postage stamp)

Habilitado Postage Stamp Overprint: withdrawn postage stamp of spanish speaking countries overprinted to declare these again for valid

Inflation Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted with a new face value because of inflation

Jubilee Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a jubilee (e.g. 100th anniversary of the kingdom of Wurttemberg)

Colony Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted for the use in a colony

Rural Post Office Postage Stamp Over-print: postage stamp overprinted for selling on commission in rural post offices (spanish: Campaña = Rural Post Office)

Specimen Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted for the use as specimen to avoid postal use

Face Value Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted with a new face value

Partly Face Value Postage Stamp Over-print: postage stamp partly overprinted with a new face value

Face Value Differentiation Postage Stamp Overprint: same-colour postage stamps with different vace values partly overprinted to avoid mistakes

Olympic Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of olympic games

Phosphorescent Postage Stamp Over-print: postage stamp with an invisible over-print that glows when irradiated with short-wave UV light thereby enabling the use of electronically controlled stamp machines

Postage Fee Reduction Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a postage fee reduction

Postal Statistic Postage Stamp Over-print: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a postal statistic

Discount Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted for sale under face value

Resello Postage Stamp Overprint: with-drawn postage stamp of spanish speaking countries overprinted to declare these again for valid

Education Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted for education of postal clerks

Security Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted to avoid forgeries

State Visit Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted for a state visit of an important personality

Form Of Government Change Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp over-printed after the change of the form of government (e g. kingdom -> people´s state)

Mourning Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted after the death of an important personality

Independence Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a independence

Currency Reform Postage Stamp Over-print: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a currency reform

Currency Changeover Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of a currency changeover

Christmas Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted on the occasion of christmas

Company Advertising Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted with official or private advertising (e.g. coffee from Costa Rica)

Charity Postage Stamp Overprint: postage stamp overprinted for charitable donation